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lingua di castagna

[Italian]

Beefsteak mushroom. It may be sliced and fried like liver, or eaten raw with a salad, when it should be cut into thin strips, soaked in salted water, drained and then dressed with a vinaigrette.

lingua di castagna rossa

[Italian]

Beefsteak mushroom. It may be sliced and fried like liver, or eaten raw with a salad, when it should be cut into thin strips, soaked in salted water, drained and then dressed with a vinaigrette.

lingua di fuoco

/LEEN-gwah dee FWOH-koh/
[Italian] plural lingue di fuoco

"Ox tongue." A name in Tuscany for the beefsteak mushroom. It may be sliced and fried like liver, or eaten raw with a salad, when it should be cut into thin strips, soaked in salted water, drained and then dressed with a vinaigrette.

lingua di gatto

/LEEN-gweh dee GAHT-toh/
[Italian] plural lingue di gatto

"Cats' tongues." Long biscuits (US: cookies), crisp, thin and sweet, with rounded ends, baked until golden and often served with desserts such as mousse or fool in Piedmont.

lingua di maiale

/LEN-gwah dee mah-YAH-leh/
[Italian]

Pig's tongue

lingua di moro

/LEEN-gweh dee MOH-roh/
[Italian] plural lingue di moro

"Ox tongue." A name in Umbria for the beefsteak mushroom. It may be sliced and fried like liver, or eaten raw with a salad, when it should be cut into thin strips, soaked in salted water, drained and then dressed with a vinaigrette.

lingua di suocera

/LEEN-gwah dee swoh-CHEH-rah/
[Italian]

"Mother-in-law's tongue." A traditional crisp bread from Piedmont.

lingua di vacca

[Italian] plural lingue di vacca

Scaly tooth mushroom or tiled hydnum, an edible fungus with a slightly bitter aftertaste.

lingua in gelatina

/LEEN-gwah een jheh-lah-TEE-nah/
[Italian]

Tongue in aspic

lingua in salsa

/LEEN-gwah een SAHL-sah/
[Italian]

"Tongue in sauce." Tongue cooked, sliced thinly and served with a sauce of white wine with chopped anchovies and capers.